Julián Herranz Casado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Julián Herranz Casado

Catholic cardinal

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Baena, Andalusia, Spain

Profession: physician, Catholic priest, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Julián Herranz Casado (born 31 March 1930) is a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church.
He served as president of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts in the Roman Curia from 1994 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. One of two cardinals – along with Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne – who belong to Opus Dei, Herranz Casado is the organisation's highest-ranking member in the Church's hierarchy.
He is also considered one of the foremost experts in canon law, and to have been one of the Vatican's most influential figures during the period shortly before the death of Pope John Paul II.